Cover for military hats



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MATTHEW E. WESALA,'-OF CHICAGO, ILLINOTS.

COVER FOR MILITARY HATS.

Application filed. November 13, 1924:. Serial No. 749,801.

My invention relates to military hats more commonly called chapeaux, and its object is to provide a novel cover for hats of this kind to protect them from the ele ments.

Due to frequent use of chapeaux outdoors for parades, drills. celebrations and like events, provision is usually made against bad weather by supplying the wearers of the chapeaux with covers or hoods. These are ordinarily of black oilcloth and soon lose their protective qualities on account of cracking in places and peeling off. Also, the loose and imperfect fit which these covers or hoods make with the chapeau causes exposure of the latter at the edges and ends, whereby dust and rain enter to soil the edges and white plume of the chapeau,

Due to the above conditions it is a further object of the invention to provide acover which is designed to follow the lines of the chapeau, wherever protection is required, the plume being given special consideration.

Another object of the invention is to so pattern the novel cover that it simulates the chapeau when worn thereon, particularly as to combination of color so that the desired effect of the headgear is retained during inclement weather, notwithstanding the fact that the chapeau itself is concealed.

A still further object of the invention is to construct it of a tough, yet light waterproof material, which will not check, crack. peel or break down from exposure or frequent handling.

With these objects in view and other objects which may suggest themselves from the description to follow, the invention embodies a novel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is an elevation of the novel cover, the position of the chapeau therein being denoted by fine-dotted lines;

Fig. 2 is a plan view; and

Fig. 3 is a bottom view, fine-dotted lines being used again to correspond to the show-- ing in Fig. 1.

Referring specifically to the drawing, 5 denotes the plumed crown, 6 the tips, and 7 the plume-tail of a typical chapeau. The novel cover consists mainly of a hood 8 for the crown, the sides of this hood closely following the form of the crown and depending slightly below the bottom thereof to prevent its exposure. The frontal part of the hood is extended to fit the tip 6 and receive the same in a pocket 9. The rear part of the hood is also extended at 10 to cover the plume tail 7 and receive the same in a large pocket formed of underfolded lateral sections 11 of the extension 10. Figure 3 shows more clearly how these sections are folded and secured by glove clasps 12. The extension 10 is also made with a terminal tab 13 to cover the end of the plume tail, this tab being folded under and tucked into the pocket 11 as shown.

It will be seen that all the exposed parts of the chapeau are protected by the novel cover. The material for the latter is imitation kid leather, being waterproof, clothlined and very durable. Exposure or frequent handling will not check. crack, peel or break it down. It may be made in any color, and for this reason may be matched to the colors of the chapeau to simulate the same. The sides of the chapeau are usually black, the plumed top and tail white, and the Latin cross on the side red. Light shading in the drawing indicates black, the balance of the showing indicating white, except as to the red representation of the cross.

A chapeau cover is thus had which is ments.

I claim: plume tail and side Wings of the said eX- A cover for plumed military hats comtension foldable under the rear tip and prising a closely fitted hood for the crown, plume tail to receive the said tab for the 10 an extension of the hood With a pocket for enclosing of such tip and plume tail. 5 the frontal tip, a rearward extension of the In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

hood to cover the plume, a terminal tab from the extension foldable to retain the MATTHEW E. WESALA. 

